18A:7B-4 - Use of funds; authorization for appropriations

18A:7B-4  Use of funds; authorization for appropriations.

8.Funds received pursuant to this act by the Department of Human Services, the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Corrections or the Juvenile Justice Commission established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1995, c.284 (C.52:17B-170) shall be used only for the salaries of teachers, educational administrators at the program level, child study team personnel, clerical staff assigned to child study teams or to educational day programs, paraprofessionals assigned to educational programs in State facilities, and for diagnostic services required as part of the child study team evaluations and related educational services personnel whose function requires an educational certificate issued by the State Department of Education, and for the costs of educational materials, supplies and equipment for these programs.  No such funds shall be used for the renovation or construction of capital facilities, for the maintenance and operation of educational facilities, or for custodial, habilitation or other noneducational costs.

There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Departments of Human Services, Children and Families and Corrections such funds as may be necessary to provide for adult, post-secondary and college programs.

L.1979, c.207, s.8; amended 1983, c.205; 1995, c.280, s.25; 2006, c.47, s.82.